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Postnatal brain and skull growth in an Apert syndrome mouse model.
American journal of medical genetics. Part A - 1 Apr 2013
Hill Cheryl A, Martínez-Abadías Neus, Motch Susan M, Austin Jordan R, Wang Yingli, Jabs Ethylin Wang, Richtsmeier Joan T, Aldridge Kristina
Abstract excerpt
Craniofacial and neural tissues develop in concert throughout prenatal and postnatal growth. FGFR-related craniosynostosis syndromes, such as Apert syndrome (AS), are associated with specific phenotypes involving both the skull and the brain. We analyzed the effects of the FGFR P253R mutation for AS using the Fgfr2(+/P253R) Apert syndrome mouse to evaluate the effects of this mutation on these two tissues over...
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